This is a new show here on MTV Germany (Fahrrad = Bicycle). Somehow, I don’t think my bike needs speakers and an MP3 player, but it is an entertaining show.
Today was Kurt Cobain/Nirvana day on MTV Germany to commemorate the 11th anniversary of his suicide.
I like a lot of Nirvana’s music, but I’m not sure it is really worth all the hype that surrounds that band. It’s just because of Cobain’s suicide. If Eddie Vedder had offed himself after Vs., Pearl Jam would be the band that “changed” everything (can you tell I’m a PJ fan? – and luckily Eddie does not seem to have suicidal tendencies, although he does drink an awful lot). Why do we tend to idolize stars who die young? I suppose it is the whole “what if they lived?” thing. Well, I guess Nirvana would have broken up (they basically had) and I dunno, maybe Cobain would have continued to make great music, but maybe he would’ve fizzled. Since his heart had stopped due to drug overdoses several times in the years prior to his suicide, I guess if he hadn’t have done it then, he would have done it later. Personally, I think his lyrics for the most part make no sense. I mean, what the heck deep meaning do you get out of “a mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido, yeah!”
Also, while I would rate certain Nirvana songs higher, I kind of like Foo Fighters songs better in general. Go Dave Grohl! (he went to my high school, but we never found out which locker was his).
